Stratasys Acquires 3D Printer Maker Solidscape
Leave a CommentAdditive manufacturing system maker Stratasys, has acquired Solidscape for$38 million plus certain purchase price adjustments. New Hampshire-based Solidscape is a manufacturer of 3D printers serving investment casting applications in the jewelry, medical, dental and industrial markets. The company’s technology produces patterns that are used to cast highly precise metal parts. To view the rest of […]
ISM Survey Finds Increased Optimism Among Manufacturers
Leave a CommentBloomberg News (5/18, Kowalski) reports, “Manufacturers in the US have a more optimistic outlook for sales and spending in 2011 than they did at the end of last year, according to a survey by the Institute for Supply Management.” The survey found that “purchasing managers at US factories anticipate sales will grow 7.5 percent this […]
Harley-Davidson Triples Income, Retools Manufacturing Operations
Leave a CommentThe AP (4/20) reports, “Harley-Davidson’s net income more than tripled during the first quarter, yet the US economy still weighed on sales at home and will continue to do so as the company retools its manufacturing operations.” Harley’s profit was nearly four times higher than it was this time last year, but it fell four […]
Titan-Atlas To Begin Producing Wind Turbines
Leave a CommentThe AP (4/20) reports Titan-Atlas Manufacturing, “a company that makes prefabricated homes, will start production this year of small wind turbines at its plant in North Charleston,” South Carolina. “The small turbines are installed on rooftops or poles and supplement other energy sources.” The AP notes, “The company also makes wind turbines in Canada.” New […]
New York Electronics Recycling Law Off To Slow Start
Leave a CommentThe New York Times (4/2, A16, Navarro) reported, “A state law took effect on Friday requiring electronics manufacturers to make it free and convenient for New York residents to recycle their old or broken computers, television sets and gadgets.” Implementation of this law, designed in part “to make it simpler for consumers to prepare for […]
Firms Hiring Again But Slowly And For Specialized Jobs
Leave a CommentThe Chicago Tribune (3/13, Bergen) reported that “many employers, in Chicago and elsewhere, are hiring again, easing fears that the economic recovery will be jobless,” yet “wariness remains among observers who predict a long road back to fuller employment.” Moreover, employers report that they are “hiring in very specialized areas.” A Chicago-area construction firm, for […]
Raw Materials Costs Rising Worldwide
Leave a CommentUnder the headline “World factory input costs rising sharply,” Reuters (3/1, Cable, Yao) reported that manufacturers across the globe are struggling to come to grips with rising input costs and other inflationary pressures. “With the latest surge in commodity prices yet to fully feed through into consumer prices, inflation could well climb further in the […]
U.S. Manufacturing…Pain & Promise
Leave a CommentThe common wisdom emerging from the national media frequently notes that the American economy has lost its ability to “make things”…that we lost most of our manufacturing capability to China and to Mexico.The common wisdom notes that we have simply become a nation of hamburger flippers, as well as a nation where we merely trade […]
Appliance Makers Concerned About Rising Materials Costs
Leave a CommentThe AP (2/3, Chapman) reports, “Whirlpool Corp.’s fourth-quarter earningsrose 80 percent, mostly because its costs fell and it enjoyed a tax benefit, but the world’s biggest appliancemaker said it is now raising prices to help deal with higher raw material costs.” Similar sentiments came fromElectrolux AB, which yesterday “reported that its fourth-quarter net income rose […]
Molycor Retains Magnesium Experts for Tami-Mosi Project
Leave a CommentVANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – Jan. 11, 2011) – Edward Lee,President of Molycor Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:MOR)(PINK SHEETS:MLYFF)(FRANKFURT:M1V) (“Molycor” or the “Company”)is pleased to report the Company has signed engagement contracts with James Sever, M.S., M.B.A., B.S, and RobertBrown, two renowned experts in the magnesium industry to assist the Company with the completion of the preliminaryeconomic […]